William Saroyan International Prize for Writing2020

Given by William Saroyan Foundation

Other Names: William Saroyan International Prize for Writing Finalist, William Saroyan International Prize for Writing Shortlist
28 Works 6,084 Books 281 Reviews 4.1
The Stanford University Libraries and the William Saroyan Foundation jointly award the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing, a biennial competition for newly-published books. The prize show more commemorates the life, legacy and intentions of William Saroyan - author, artist, dramatist, composer - and is intended to encourage new or emerging writers, rather than to recognize established literary figures. show less
Stages:
All, Winner (1), Finalist (33), Shortlist (139), No Stage (18)
Categories:
Years:
All, 2022 (5), 2020 (28), 2018 (29), 2016 (28), 2014 (30), 2012 (26), 2010 (29), 2008 (6), 2005 (7), 2003 (3)

Shortlist 26

WorkCategoryYear
Tonic and Balm by Stephanie AllenFiction2020
The Deeper the Water the Uglier the Fish by Katya ApekinaFiction2020
The Hundred Wells of Salaga: A Novel by Ayesha Harruna AttahFiction2020
This Mournable Body by Tsitsi DangarembgaFiction2020
Some Trick: Thirteen Stories by Helen DeWittFiction2020
Sabrina & Corina: Stories by Kali Fajardo-AnstineFiction2020
My Old Faithful: Stories (Juniper Prize for Fiction) by Yang HuangFiction2020
This Is Not a Love Song by Brendan MathewsFiction2020
Aerialists : stories by Mark MayerFiction2020
Winter Kept Us Warm: A Novel by Anne RaeffFiction2020
Once Removed: Stories by Colette SartorFiction2020
Carry You by Glori SimmonsFiction2020
In West Mills by De'Shawn Charles WinslowFiction2020
No Turning Back: Life, Loss, and Hope in Wartime Syria by Rania AbouzeidNonfiction2020
Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me by Adrienne BrodeurNonfiction2020
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays by Alexander CheeNonfiction2020
The Last Whalers: Three Years in the Far Pacific with a Courageous Tribe and a Vanishing Way of Life by Doug Bock ClarkNonfiction2020
Neruda: The Poet's Calling by Mark EisnerNonfiction2020
Tinderbox: The Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberation by Robert W. FieselerNonfiction2020
A Wilder Time: Notes from a Geologist at the Edge of the Greenland Ice by William E. GlassleyNonfiction2020
Night in the American Village: Women in the Shadow of the U.S. Military Bases in Okinawa by Akemi JohnsonNonfiction2020
Russia's 20th Century: A Journey in 100 Histories by Michael KhodarkovskyNonfiction2020
In the Dream House: A Memoir by Carmen Maria MachadoNonfiction2020
Why We Fight: One Man’s Search for Meaning Inside the Ring by Josh RosenblattNonfiction2020
The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds by Caroline Van HemertNonfiction2020
The Missing Pages: The Modern Life of a Medieval Manuscript, from Genocide to Justice by Heghnar Zeitlian WatenpaughNonfiction2020

No Stage 2

WorkCategoryYear
Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-BrenyahFiction2020
Homesick by Jennifer CroftNonfiction2020

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